Battle at Blumenau

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Battle at Blumenau
Part of: German War
Area map of the battle near Blumenau
Area map of the battle near Blumenau
date July 22, 1866
place Lamač , Slovakia
output Victory of Prussia
Parties to the conflict

Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia Prussia

Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria Austria

Commander

Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia Eduard von Fransecky
Julius von Bose

Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria Friedrich Mondel
Karl von Thun and Hohenstein

Troop strength
18.5 battalions
24 squadrons
78 guns 		24 battalions
11 squadrons
40 guns
losses

207 men
including 27 dead
169 wounded
11 missing

489 men
including 84 dead
248 wounded
29 missing
128 prisoners

Chronological sequence of military conflicts in the
German War and
3rd Italian War of Independence (both 1866)

The battle near Blumenau ( Slovak Bitka pri Lamači ) was the last battle of the German War between Prussians and Austrians on July 22nd, 1866. It took place in what was then the northern apron of Pressburg and was broken off in the middle of the battle because of armistice negotiations. In southern Germany, however , the federal troops fought on with the Prussian opponents until July 29th.

prehistory

After their victory in the Battle of Königgrätz (on July 3) and the rejection of an Austrian armistice offer, the Prussian armies rested a day before they began the advance against Vienna . The ruins of the defeated Austrian Northern Army retreated through Bohemia onto the Danube line. The pursuing Elbarmee occupied Prague on July 8th , the Prussian 1st Army marched in the direction of Brno . The defeated remnants of the Austrian Northern Army withdrew to Vienna with the allied Saxons. Two corps of the imperial southern army, which had previously fought successfully against the Italians at Custozza , were ordered to the decisive battle in Vienna. Archduke Albrecht was appointed by the emperor as the new commander in chief instead of the recalled FZM von Benedek .

On July 18, the 2nd Army of the Crown Prince of Prussia was in the Groß-Seelowitz area . The I. Army Corps stood in front of Olomouc , the VI. Army Corps reached Muschau , the Guard Corps reached Auspitz with the 1st Guard Division . The Austrian I. Corps moved down through the Waagtal to Trenčín , the VIII. Corps stood at Kosztolna and the VI. Corps reached Nemsova at the same time . The leaders of the Prussian army arrived on the Marchfeld on July 20th . Lieutenant Field Marshal Count Thun von Hohenstein , the commanding officer of the Austrian II Corps, tried to accelerate the retreat along the Waag despite exhaustion of his troops and was able to reach the northern apron of Pressburg on July 24 with 24 battalions, 11 squadrons and 40 guns .

The battle

When the IV. Prussian Corps advanced on Pressburg , there was a battle on July 22nd near Blumenau (today Lamač , part of Bratislava / Pressburg). The commanding General von Fransecky had 18.5 battalions, 24 squadrons and 78 guns. The Prussian 8th Division was south of Bisternitz, its avant-garde had advanced to Blumenau, the 7th Division reached Stampfen Castle. The 2nd Cavalry Division under General Hann von Weyhern stood west of Marchegg. The Prussians encountered a position that Major General Friedrich von Mondel secured with 24 guns, which were positioned on both sides of Neudorfer Strasse and on the bare ridge. The 15th Brigade of General von Bose advanced from Bisternitz and the Mariental over the mountains through the Mühltal in order to bypass the Austrians. In order to prevent unnecessary losses, General von Fransecky had the enemy attacked to hold on to and then waited for the desired containment. The 2nd Cavalry Division was drawn from Marchegg and the reserve from Zohor. The Austrian Mondel Brigade with 11 battalions, 2 Uhlan regiments and 36 guns was able to maintain the position it had occupied near Blumenau for six hours against attacks by the enemy. Around noon, parliamentarians rushed up to bring news of a five-day truce. The Austrians were then able to escape to Pressburg.

consequences

Memorial stone at Lamac

Vienna was spared the fight and the Prussian King Wilhelm refused his army to march into the city not only out of respect for the defeated, but above all he gave in to the massive pressure of his Prime Minister and later Chancellor Bismarck. He had foreseen in wise foresight that renouncing the invasion of Vienna, which could later turn the Austrians into allies, would make the enemy a friend by renouncing humiliation. And so it happened. In the Franco-German War remained neutral Austria and later became allies of the newly founded German Empire.

This was followed by the preliminary peace in Nikolsburg on July 26th and the peace in Prague on August 23rd, 1866 .

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